Healthy response to climate change

Abstract

Environmentally friendly policies may feel like a low priority among the many pressures in a busy professional life, but promoting carbon rationing could be your most important contribution to patients' health

An investigation of the ways in which public health nutrition policy and practices can address climate change

“…However, the need for advocacy is found in other areas of the public health nutrition literature (29,(34)(35)(36) , as is the recommendation for health policy including climate change (26,37) . The partnerships required to be developed and the aspects of programmes to be conducted are also consistent with the literature (26)(27)(28)(29)37) .…”

“…Ethics approval for the study was gained from the Flinders University Social and Behavioural Research Ethics Committee. Methodologically, the study was based on an action research approach which requires the development of ideas, strategies and areas of action which are then confirmed or adapted with input from stakeholder groups and are refined through a succession of cycles (34) . The research was undertaken in two phases.…”

Natural and unnatural synergies: climate change policy and health equity

“…To stay within ecological limits and prevent serious destabilization due to climate change, on average no more than two tonnes of carbon dioxide per person must be generated per year. 7 Yet the average American emits 20 tonnes and the average Chinese nearly four tonnes. To deny poorer countries economic development using carbon-based fuel gives rise to charges of hypocrisy on the part of developed countries.…”

What health services could do about climate change

“…Climate change, as Robin Stott argues in this week's BMJ ,1 poses grave risks to health 2. It threatens the essentials of life.…”